Award presentations

Captain Christensen receives an award from Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (second from left) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also pictured, end of row: General Robert Landry, Colonel Francis Williams, Major Smith, and Captain Christensen. Others are unidentified.

Colonel Francis Williams receives an award from Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (second from left) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Right side from back: General Robert Landry, Colonel Francis Williams, and Major Smith. Others are unidentified.

General Robert Landry (center) receives Ordem do Merito Aeronautico (Grande Oficial) Medal from Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (left) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Others in the photograph are unidentified.

General Robert Landry (right) shakes hands with Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (second from left) after receiving Odem do Merito Aeronautico (Grande Oficial) medal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other military officers are unidentified.

Major Smith receives an award from Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (second from left) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pictured in the right row, from back: General Robert Landry, Colonel Francis Williams, Major Smith, and Captain Christensen. Others are unidentified.

General Carl Spaatz (foreground, center, back to camera) decorates members of the 8th Air Force as part of the 7th Anniversary celebration at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas. All others are unidentified.

Ceremonies for the presentation of the Order of Military Merit at military university, Escuela Politecnica, Guatemala City, Guatemala. From left: General Harry Vaughan, Colonel Louis Renfrow, Colonel Robert Landry, Colonel Cornelius Mara, and Colonel Jack Brause.

Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Arana, Chief of the Armed Forced in Guatemala (right), presents the Order of Military Merit to (from left to right) Colonel Robert Landry, Colonel Cornelius Mara, and Colonel Jack Brause at the military university, Escuela Politecnica in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) presents the Distinguished Service Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster) to General Carl Spaatz (foreground, center), United States Air Force, for exceptionally notorious and distinguished service as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Standing from left to right behind the President and General Spaatz are: General Robert Landry, unidentified military officer, Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, Mrs. Spaatz and family, Secretary of Air Force Stuart Symington, Admiral William D. Leahy, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and General Omar N. Bradley.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) awards the Distinguished Service Medal (3rd Oak Leaf Cluster) to General Carl Spaatz, United States Air Force (foreground, center). Left to right: Mrs. Spaatz and family, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Admiral William D. Leahy, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and General Omar N. Bradley. All others are unidentified.